XnView Software

It would be great if a customizable preview panel would display on mouse hover over a tab. Firefox has a (non-customizable, apparently) implementation that I use more and more every day:



My idea would be, depending on the "kind" of tab (Browser, Image, Compare, Slideshow, etc., etc.) that the user could select what appeared on the preview panel. Some ideas would be:

Image (or compare) preview
Tool bar with user definable buttons such as previous/next, rename, category, rating, close, etc.
Various image stats (path, resolution, EXIF, IPTC, etc.)
Histogram
Folder stats (for browser tab)

Having this stuff in a mouse hover panel below (or above) the tab saves screen real-estate, is local to the image, and IMO could potentially simplify the interface. A user could turn off all toolbars, status bar, (even the menu?) for an ultra clean interface, but still have access to tools that appear when mousing over the tab.

Love the sound of this suggestion, strongly support it!

only if it won't use much ram or slow it a lot!
I find it slow just to open a new tab already - 6-7s for a raw

marcoswat wrote:only if it won't use much ram or slow it a lot!
I find it slow just to open a new tab already - 6-7s for a raw

More than xnview?

Loading/preparing the tab preview images could occur in the background after the image itself is loaded and displayed. The cached thumbnail would be a fast source for the tab preview image.